The Fern Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Fern Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fern Mine
Secondary: Anchorage
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: One Or More Faults Offset Vein.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wallrock Alteration Intense.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Nagyagite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NAGYAGITE IS SULPHOTEILYRIDE OF PB & AU. ONE MENTION OF TETRAHEDRITE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION "MORE THAN $1,000,000". IF HALF IS $20 GOLD AND HALF $35 GOLD, PRODUCTION AT LEAST 40,000 OZ AU. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA.
Comment (Development): A LITTLE PRODUCTION REPORTED AFTER WORLD WAR II, BUT DATES NOT GIVEN
Comment (Deposit): "VEIN" IS DESCRIBED AS SHEAR ZONE AS MUCH AS 17 FT WIDE MADE UP OF QUARTZ, GOUGE, AND ALTERED COMMINUTED QUARTZ DIORITE. ALSO CALLED "STRINGER ZONE" (WITH NO NOTABLY THICK QUARTZ LENSES).
Comment (Geology): LITTLE GEOLOGIC DATA
References
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